Fishin Reels Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

The distinctive style of Pragmatic Play is in evidence, stripped down to some fairly basic mechanics with no auto play or turbo mode. Playing Pragmatic Play free slots online is a good way to test the satisfaction level of individual games, which is worth doing because however much a developer talks up their game, you can’t be sure how accurate their account is unless you try it. Modern technology means that free play slots are easy to find.

Fishin Reels is definitely on the sweet and cartoonish spectrum, just a little short of Pragmatic Play's Sweet Bonanza slot. It has 5 reels and 3 rows with 10 fixed paylines. The minimum bet size is 0.10 and the maximum is 100. There are 10 regular symbols: Fish, Frog, Lobster, Starfish, Snorkel, Flippers and the four card suits. The wild symbol is a symbol overgrown with seaweed, the bonus is a golden swordfish, and there is a special symbol featuring the fisherman. In addition, the Reel It In feature has 12 more fish money symbols. These are mostly fish, but they also include a bucket, a boot and an old tin can.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

This tries very hard to be cheerful, with bright colours, an attractive shallow seabed background and a perky if not entirely appropriate soundtrack (we’re sure there are banjos in there somewhere). However, the visuals are just a little too childish to qualify this game as a proper adult game, even a post-ironic one. The look is a bit of a mystery because its target would seem to be kids, none of whom can legally play it. For those who are legal, it’s harmless but uninspiring fun.

Fishin Reels RTP and variance

The game’s RTP is 96.5 per cent, which is a little above the average for slot games. The variance is high.

How to play Fishin Reels

1. Before you start, you need to set the bet. Click the minus or plus symbol to either side of the play button. This opens the betting menu, where you may change the bet level and the coin value to give you the total wager. 
2. Click on the Play button or simply press the space bar on your keyboard to spin the reels at the bet you have selected. 
3. To access the paytable details and other game information, click on the ‘i’ menu at the bottom left.
4. Your credit balance is displayed next to the ‘i’ symbol and will update after each play.
5. All symbols pay from left to right in the payline combinations, starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win per line will be awarded. If you form winning combinations on several paylines in any one play, every win will be added to the total.
6. The wild substitutes for all symbols except bonus, fisherman and fish money symbols. 
7. We support BeGambleAware and urge you to play responsibly. If you decide to risk real money by gambling, be sure you stay within your affordable limits. When the game is no longer fun, you should stop.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The bet size ranges from 0.10 to 100. The maximum payout is 1,200x

All symbols pay on combinations of 3x to 5x. The highest multiplier values in the paytable are as follows:

Fish

5 = 10.00

Frog

5 = 5.00

Lobster

5 = 4.00
        
Starfish

5 = 3.00

Snorkel, Flippers

5 = 2.00

Spade, Heart

5 = 1.50

Club, Diamond

5 = 1.00

Max-win 1,200x

Volatility High

RTP 95.50%

Fishin Reels bonus features

Free Spins

If you land 3, 4 or 5 bonus symbols in the base game, you will win 10, 12 or 15 free spins respectively. Before the round starts you need to choose between Reel it In and The Big Catch.

Reel It In

Fish money symbols appear on the screen, and at every spin, these symbols take a random value for a pre-defined set, from 0.5x to 250x the total bet. The fisherman symbol appears during the Reel It In feature on reel 5. Whenever the fisherman symbols lands, the values of all fish money currently on the screen will be added together and their total value will be paid. If the fisherman happens to collect any symbol with extra free spins value, for each one collected, 2 extra free spins are awarded. This feature is played with special reels.

The Big Catch

The big catch symbol is the golden swordfish. During this special round, the big catch symbols will land at random as an overlay on top of any other symbol on the reels. Whenever you land 3 or more big catch symbols, after the win for the current spin is paid out, a fishing mini bonus game is triggered, awarding 2 additional free spins.

In the bonus game, you will see 8 fish selected at random, with values from 0.2x to 1000x the total bet. Whenever you win the bonus game, one of the fish will be randomly selected and awarded. Once all of the 8 fish have been awarded during the same big catch round, no more overlay symbols will appear during the round.

Fishin Reels review: our verdict

As we’ve noted, the mechanics and controls are quite limited, and there isn’t a genuinely separate bonus game or gamble feature. However, the saving grace is the choice of Reel It In or Big Catch features, which do introduce a new level of play and keep things from getting stale. The RTP is just on the right side of okay, but the maximum payout is a bit skimpy. A bit of a curate’s egg - fish egg, of course - with good bits and bad.

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